Dusky salamanders (Desmognathus, Plethodontidae) from the Coastal Plain: Multiple independent lineages and their bearing on the molecular phylogeny of the genus

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-153

  Beamer, David A ^a   Lamb, Trip ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Plain; coxI; Desmognathus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA PRIMERS; PHYLOGENY; URODELA;

DESMOGNATHUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 41049116474     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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